*I find it difficult to summarize myself and feel truly satisfied
by the representation.
*I prefer not being labeled or pigeon-holed.
*Playfulness/laughter/humor= essential for me, and a hugely
important 'language' of connection for me with others.
*Throw in some witty banter, too, please!
*I have both highly competitive and not particularly ambitious
sides to me.
*I find myself rather paradoxical in many ways (and yet also not
;*)).
*What interests me most on the broadest & deepest levels these
days is showing up authentically & being real-- whatever this
looks like/means for NOW.
*I feel much less need/desire to 'take care' of another and
(hopefully) more capacity to/interest in 'care/ing for'.
*I delight in young children, and wish I saw my nieces & nephew
more. And, am very thankful to have local "chosen" nieces &
nephews (good friends' children whom I get to see a lot).
* This said, I'm also fine (at this point) with not having my own
children, and, am open to this happening eventually, or not.
*I loved teaching pre-school back in '95 (though not sure I'd want
to do it again at this point).
*I love to dance.
*I like making to-do lists and checking things off once
completed.
*I've always considered myself 'spiritual' but not
'religious'.
*Words & Numbers= very cool, very fun, very interesting.
*I am a semi-recovering 'spoonerizer' (bonus point if you know to
what this refers [hint: nothing to do with lying down physicality
;^}].
*I love Dr. Seuss (and also love it when others spell his name
correctly!).
*I love sports (and have ever since I was about 3 or 4
years-old).
*I like to speak Pig Latin (this is the mysterious 'other' language
that I speak).
*My 3 months in Ecuador (back in '94) resulted in meditation-
practice inspiration and some pretty mediocre (at best)
Spanish-speaking ability.
*I can wiggle my ears.
*I love vegan doughnuts.
*I am a pretty even mix of introvert & extravert, somewhat more
on the extraverted side these days.
*I can be extremely irreverent... and, I can also be very
reverent.
*I love it when others, as well as myself, are able to
acknowledge/embrace/welcome their limitations/weaknesses/challenges
and 'shadow' side(s).
*I like that I've retained some of my more stereotypical northeast
(Cambridge, MA) sensibilities/qualities, even though I've lived
here since '97.
*I like to eat more than I like to cook.
*I can be quite zany/wacky/absurd and also rather
stoic/quiet/withdrawn (generally not all at the same time!).
*I generally feel at home both in my 'masculine' and 'feminine'
aspects.
*Scrabble!
*Taking care of myself on all levels is a priority.
*I can be good at withdrawing and am getting much better at staying
connected (to myself and others) even as this happens.
*I consider myself quite sensitive and intuitive in many ways, and,
there are moments when I feel like I just don't get it! ;*]
*I love a good view/vista (though who doesn't?).
*I love a good road trip and I really like to drive.
*I can be an anal/compulsive recycler/composter, and at work will
go 'dumpster diving' to sort things into their appropriate
bins.
*I love consolidating and simplifying.

Okay, this is enough (a lot!) for now. You are either curious about
finding out more, or you're not. ;*} (Oh, and I am a big fan of the
emoticon!)

This Rilke quote feels like a good summation:
“Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart.
Try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like
books written in a foreign language. Do not now look for the
answers. They cannot now be given to you because you could not live
them. It is a question of experiencing everything. At present you
need to live the question. Perhaps you will gradually, without even
noticing it, find yourself experiencing the answer, some distant
day."

Trying to show up for it (my life) as fully as possibly (succeeding
at some moments more than others).

~Being playful/spontaneous
~Wittiness/Banter
~Quirkiness/Silliness
~Using (or perhaps over-using) the backslash (as you may have
noticed!)
~Many sports (both playing and as a fan)
~Using my left hand/arm (you might say I'm left-handed! ;^])
~Remembering numbers
~Following through
~Being honest
~Supporting others
~Listening
~Connecting with young children
~Taking time for/paying attention to myself
~Maintaining balance (in my life)
~Taking care of myself (physically, emotionally, etc)
~Eating (I recently had a medical procedure that precluded solid
foods and most liquids for over a day-- a good challenge!)
~Maintaining connections that are important to me (with family
& friends)
~Remembering birthdays (yes, Facebook does also help with
this)
~Appreciating clouds
~Talking to animals (I think my housemate's dog has heard enough of
my absurdity!)
~Making French Toast (though what was once a weekly happening is
now a rather sporadic treat)
~Applying multiple condiments to many a meal
~Moderation (except when excess strikes(!), which one might say is
happening with this profile "^})
~Rhyming
~Timing (I say this not just to prove my rhyming prowess [I'm sure
you're very impressed! ;*)], but I actually am pretty good at
keeping track of and estimating length of time)
~Embedded parenthetical statements (in case you haven't noticed
[or, have you...?!])
~Guessing the outdoor temperature and other number-related
matters
~Communicating (in various forms)
~Food shopping
~Knowing when a list is long enough(??? open to debate)

For now, a smattering, with many additional unlisted favorites
about which you'll have to ask:
^Books/Authors: Wherever You Go, There You Are (this is what
inspired meditation practice while I was in Ecuador in '94 (yup, it
rhymes!); David Sedaris; David Foster Wallace; Pema Chodron; Jack
Kornfield; Rumi; Hafiz; David Whyte; AH Almaas; Adyashanti; Malcolm
Gladwell; Po Bronson; Bill Simmons' articles.
^Movies: Most Pixar ones; most Wes Andersen ones; Star Wars (this
was such an ongoing big part of childhood for me, seeing the
original first one [#4 in the series] when I was five or six);
Naked Gun (the first one-- I believe this is the movie at which
I've laughed the longest and hardest, and, at which I lost my gummy
bears only to find them wedged in the seat at the end); Pulp
Fiction; The Princess Bride; Superbad; Pan's Labyrinth; Do The
Right Thing; (and, many I'm currently forgetting).
^Theater: The Boys Next Door (this was a play at which I likely
laughed the hardest and which provided much-needed healing/energy
from what was my first major excursion out of the house after
having a serious case of mono between junior and senior years of
high school); Stomp; various improv theater shows.
^Music: Depends on my activity/mood; for dancing: Dancehall
(reggae), Dubstep, Drum and Bass, Bhangra; others: Bonobo, Thievery
Corporation, Kaskade, Santigold, Matisyahu, Emancipator, Tracy
Chapman, Bob Marley, Fleetwood Mac, Lykke Li (sp.?).
^TV: The Wire; Arrested Development; Homeland (well, for the first
two seasons); Boardwalk Empire; Breaking Bad; Friday Night Lights;
Boston and Bay Area sports teams games (especially baseball,
football, basketball).
^Food: Veggie burger w/ bbq sauce, mustard, tomato, grilled onion,
avocado, swiss cheese, pickles, and chips or fries on the side (a
comfort food for me that always satisfies); Sushi; Thai; when I eat
meat: sustainably-raised/organic/healthy.
^Drinks (hold the alcohol): Ginger Beer; Sparkling water; kombucha;
coconut water; (alcohol, please): Guinness; good tequila (I'll pass
on the worm, thanks anyway); red wine.
^Color: Purple (of the darker shades... this has been so for as
long as I can remember, though I went through a phase when I was
young (6 or 7) when I would say that blue & red were my
favorite colors, not knowing at the time that together they made
purple, though having internalized the unfortunate peer "norm" that
purple was "for girls" :^[ )

Hanging with friend(s) [in or out], having a mellow evening solo
(generally a really nice occurrence!), catching up on a favorite
(DVR'd) show, watching a game, playing Scrabble, dancing, all
(well, not all at once!) and/or none of the above.

I'll keep you in suspense on this one, and, I'd rather share such
things with you in a different context. I will admit that I can be
a fairly private person, playing it "close to the vest" at times,
and am rather selective about what and with whom I share more
"private" things. This said, in the right connection/circumstances,
there's pretty much nothing I won't share, and I find it usually
very satisfying and rewarding to "bare my soul".

I will also share that I'm in a place of feeling open and receptive
to different possibilities for and ways of connecting-- from
something that is platonic, to primarily sexual, to something that
could end up being long-term partnership (with or without having
children). I'm most interested in finding out what the "truth(s)"
of our connection is(/are), rather than trying to fit it into a
preconceived idea/desired outcome (mine or yours). For me, this is
a somewhat newfound and rather "liberated" place from which to be
exploring relationship.

Why not?.... You are intrigued by what you know about me thus
far.... You get some hit that we should connect and see what
happens.... You are open to finding out what the two of us
(together) are all about.... You think we'd probably have a fun
time.... You would enjoy a connection that is: playful; fun;
nourishing; deeply satisfying; authentic; sexy; passionate;
wonderfully intimate; inspiring; adventurous; spontaneous;
supportive; honest; mature; has as its foundation our individual
'wholeness'/'fullness' and is not primarily about looking for the
other to 'complete' or 'fill' us (in the way conventional societal
beliefs about relationship often suggest); truly feels 'right';
and, is a mutual 'YES!' (though may begin as just a 'yes...?')....
You know you're pretty awesome, and, you wonder if you and I could
merge awesomeness(es) and be *wicked* (an ode to Boston with this)
awesome together!